Stencil-plate.



P. ARRAGHART.

I ,1912. 1 ,1 1 1,429, Patented Sept. 22, 1914,

""S'Q EN IL-PLATE.

-S iiecification of Letters wasn't; Patented s ept; 22' 1914 a piitafibii filed. ncvi mter 7, 1912.: senaiirdjpvaaoml. v

of'which the following is (a specifi'cation.

with a brush fort printingftype"letters on 10. ven ent 1n that they' are sep arated and are cases casks andtliejlike are most inconto be selected one after ;'one when being used and are often mislaid,[.thereby causing im portant loss of time.

The present inventionrelates to a numberingstencil plate with cut out lettersand' signs which is madekdrfmefin tr any other Suitable material in the form of disks with" varying cuts and having onits edges cutout figures from 0 to 9 as well as various abbreviations such as: kilo, gross -weight, dead the hand for bringing and holding the cut.

weight, net weight, and the like, or a certain number of the letters of the alphabet and so forth. Thesaid disk carries. at its center a stud and allows of printing readily any determined figures or signs, by rotating itby j out portions to ,beused in position, while the blackening by means of a pad is effected by the otherhand. The disk may also be made in two pieces hinged together, being thus foldable and made more compact when not in use. 4

The invention will "now be more fully gee scribed hereinafter with reference tothe ac- I companying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the cut out disk. Fig. 2 is a view partly in plan showing how the said plate can beused for a more spaced numbering. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing how the. same is to be used for a more com actnumberiiig. Fig. 4: is a top plan view 0 a modified form ofthe disk of Fig. 1. p

Referringnow to Figs. 1 to 3, the device is constituted by a metal disk (a) made of brass or any other metal material having stamped ribs (7)) and other ribs (,0) diverging from the center; but forw reasons of manufacture and rigidity the ribs: (12).: can be limited to thelength L under the figures and thjeribs .(c) canbe completely. done away with. Supposingin this example the jdi'sk carries adj acentits edges the figures 0 i i astraight portion (6) parallel to the axis.

to 9, there will be ten diVlSlQIlS1(d) ended of 'the figure in each division and bent up at V I f ,its' edge, ending at a line (7). parallel tothe I citizen of the,French"Repiiblic, residingat No. 3. Avenue de. Gravelle,; Oharenton-le 'Pont,',Sein e, France, have invented' a n w and J useful Improvement; in Stencil-Plates,

ing ofthe device for bringing thesameinto position for. the printing of the figures and for bringing the latterinto aliner'nent The stencil platesggenerallyused. together Inis shown thepositioii to be g1 ven"to the: device, for instance, for printing. the numbers 2001-30011 a case or a.

cask provided with. a registering nlinei R. 1 Y Thep'rmting is effected from right'toleft,"

the-rib line (M/being used forthefalinea mentfof- I the gures horizontally, while; the] edge' te) is used for equally s acingimh figure and for insuring thetrueyertical Iidsitioiiing of the same'ff Tlie' -edge 6f" each"notch is used as a base'for the hori. zontal alinement in the case where the parcels, .casks and the like should not have any registering line.

The normal spacing of the figures is placed so as to more or less overlap the previously traced figure O.

The operation is the same for the followi ing'figures, should the number to be traced comprise, three, four or more of them. 'The device may also have other signsv or indicationssuch as: kgs: dollars, gross weight, net weight and the like, cut in it between the inner circle G and thefigurs on .the edges. Within the circle G is suitably fitted a stud (h) which allows of passing rapidly from a figure to another by holding said stud in one hand, the said stud being of such length, with reference to the hand of. the operator, that the latter should be able to hold it in his hand and to press with the fore-finger and the middle finger on the disk for holding the same during the stenciling. t

According to the arrangement shown in Fig. 4c, the metal disk is made in two parts (i) (j) hi nged or otherwise connected together as at (is) so as to form a complete circle when the device'is unfolded and form a half-circle when folded, after having unscrewed the central stud. Obviously the hinges two or more in nurnber, canlQB placed on any. diametralline such as (Z) or.

(m) or (71,),

edge figures and cut out in the same way.) by providing between them a' cut out part (75) limited by the incurved edges Having now particularly described and ascertained the' nature of my said' invention and in What manner the same is tobe performed I declare that what I claini is:

lpA'stencil plate of the character described comprising a disk provided with the characters 0 to 9 cutout of's'aid disk adjacent the edge thereof and'appropriate abbreviations between said edge and the center of said disk, a central stud, radial ribsj on said disk for guiding said disk on the surface to be stenciled upon; mi for aliningandfspacing the characters upon said surface, substantially as described.

2. A.- stencil plate of the character. de scribed, comprising a disk provided With :the characters O to 9 and appropriate abbre viationsgrouped around the center of said disk and cut out of the material of the same, a central stud providing a handle, ribs on said disk dividing thesame intoteirfields e'acli field provided withfa straightportion forming-11a notch on the marginthereof for scribed; s a

In testimony whereofiljf affix rny signature in presence of tvvo;witnesses.

Witnesses: Y 'VIoToR PRovosr, HANSON. C, COK

l iei ofthispatmit may be obtained for five ,c e zit s addre i g ths con rgii ioneljpfPatents,:.

1 V guiding'said diskupon the surfaceto'be' stenciled upon and for spacing saidcharacy ters upon said surface; substantially as de- ARRAeHAiiT 1i 

